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Underwater Sunshine

Adam Duritz/James Campioncountingcrows.com
A series of conversations between noted non-journalist Adam Duritz and his pal, author and music journalist James Campion, about life, music, and whatever comes into their large and incredibly handsome brains.
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Episodes

Live From Here! It’s Us!

With the coronavirus keeping us all sheltered at home, we decide to just do a LIVE podcast and just talk about whatever everybody wants to talk about. Zaniness ensues.

Mar 19, 20202 hr 1 minSeason 1Ep. 97

Jordan Klassen + Claire Morales

Work in the studio is going really well and it’s giving us a chance to feature all these killer Garden Sessions. This week’s artist come from the far-locales of Vancouver, BC and Denton, TX. Dig the exotica!

Mar 11, 202053 minSeason 1Ep. 96

Wild Pink + Harmaleighs

I’m busy in the recording studio this week so we continue featuring October’s Garden Sessions. This week it’s two more great bands Wild Pink and The Harmaleighs. Dig this!

Mar 04, 20201 hr 1 minSeason 1Ep. 95

Kid Sistr’s $1000 Dinner

We had an incredible Underwater Sunshine Festival in October and the Garden Sessions were amazing. This week’s podcast features performances and interviews with two of our faves: Kid Sistr and Matt Sucich. Dig it!

Feb 26, 20201 hr 3 minSeason 1Ep. 94

Purple Reign 4 - 1999 Pt. 2

Welp. As the nation celebrates Part 2 of our 1999 podcast, I personally celebrate Day 2 of food poisoning. Although I’m less excited about one than the other, I recognize the humanity inherent in both. To paraphrase Edward R Murrow...good night and good bleccchhhh

Feb 19, 20201 hr 45 minSeason 1Ep. 93

Purple Reign Pt. 3 - 1999 Sides 1 & 2

We celebrate being slightly late celebrating the 20th Anniversary of 1999, a record which actually came out 38 years ago. This was an incredibly fertile period in the Purple One’s career and we bellyflop into it, splashing music over two separate podcasts.

Feb 12, 20202 hr 9 minSeason 1Ep. 92

Purple Reign 2 - Controversy

After the critical acclaim of Dirty Mind(1980), Prince’s first real encounter with mainstream mass culture ends disastrously on the Rolling Stones Tour. In the wake of those experiences, he goes back to the studio and crafts the kind of response only he could make...Controversy (1981). We take a look. Dig it!

Feb 05, 20201 hr 28 minSeason 1Ep. 91

Purple Reign Pt. 1

Is there any doubt in your mind what these next few podcasts are all about? We start at the beginning and take a deep dive into maybe the best there ever was. This motherfucker was simply VIOLACEOUS! Prince Rogers Nelson.

Jan 29, 20202 hr 9 minSeason 1Ep. 90

Duck Soup

We get into our first Garden Sessions of the year, checking out October’s performances with Maria Taylor, The Accidentals, and Sarah Jaffe. It’s all kinda awesome. Oh yeah...and soup. We talk about soup.

Jan 22, 20201 hr 5 minSeason 1Ep. 89

Jedi Nots

It’s Winter and we’ve been staying indoors so we talk about the movies and music we love lately and why Star Wars is endlessly frustrating.

Jan 15, 20201 hr 29 minSeason 1Ep. 88

All The Friendly Ghosts Pt. 2

Part Two of our trip through the wonderful, tragic, and triumphant life of Daniel Johnston. Check it out!

Jan 01, 20201 hr 35 minSeason 1Ep. 87

All The Friendly Ghosts Pt. 1

In the wake of some hard times, we examine the wonderful, tragic, and triumphant life of Daniel Johnston.

Dec 18, 20191 hr 13 minSeason 1Ep. 86

Glitter In The Garden

We return with a Garden Session from the Spring featuring sets and interviews with the great Jesse Malin and Red Wanting Blue, who, as it turns out, are not from Canada, have never been from Canada, but have actually visited Canada and thought it was lovely. We agree completely. Dig it. PS. Sorry about the infrequent podcasts as of late. The holidays and various family difficulties for both myself and James have cut into our ability to record. We’ll be back on track soon!

Dec 11, 201957 minSeason 1Ep. 85

Awesome Fuck Yeah Podcast

James & I convene onstage Saturday night at the Underwater Sunshine Festival to host a live podcast, answer your questions, pat ourselves on the back with microphones, and generally self-congratulate in front of an audience. Zaniness ensues. We love you all.

Nov 13, 201947 minSeason 1Ep. 84

Festivus (for the rest of us) Pt 3

The boys finish prepping for the festival this weekend and we’re thrilled to announce the last minute surprise additions of Petal and Stephen Kellogg to the Underwater Sunshine lineup . Don’t forget the Saturday session opens with James and I onstage for a live podcast recording at 6pm! Check it out!

Nov 06, 20191 hr 32 minSeason 1Ep. 83

Festivus (for the rest of us) Pt 2

The boys take another trip through the bands playing the Underwater Sunshine Festival, including a brand new Jordan Klassen tune and the very special reveal of a new Maria Taylor song called “Waiting In Line” featuring me, Adam, singing with her! Check ‘em all out!

Oct 30, 20191 hr 32 minSeason 1Ep. 82

Festivus (for the rest of us) Pt 1

The Underwater Sunshine Festival is coming Nov 8-9 and we’re so excited to spend the next few weeks previewing the incredible artists who’ll be playing. C’mon! Check em’ out with us!

Oct 23, 20191 hr 42 minSeason 1Ep. 81

How I Learned To Drive Pt. 2

Back for more checkered flags and a few bumps in the road. We talk about the later years as The Cars make a massive comeback, call it quits, and then get back together to make some really good music one last time. It’s a really sad but appreciative farewell to Ben Orr and Ric Ocasek. Seriously. Let The Good Times Roll.

Oct 16, 20191 hr 57 minSeason 1Ep. 80

How I Learned To Drive Pt. 1

With apologies/acknowledgement to Paula Vogel’s brilliant play (which returns to NYC this coming Spring w/its original cast of Mary-Louise Parker & David Morse), we examine an entirely different life in Cars and say goodbye to one of our heroes.

Oct 09, 20191 hr 38 minSeason 1Ep. 79

Bowling for Bricks

The boyz explore the work of Matthew Koma’s Winnetka Bowling League along with the new releases from a few other pals. It’s a good time. Trust me.

Oct 02, 20191 hr 39 minSeason 1Ep. 78

Beth’s Beach Blanket Buffalo Babylon

Omigod. So much great music and none of it from 1969. Welcome back time travelers! Phones are smart and people are stupid and we’re finally home. (smile) Thankfully, the Music is always good no matter when we are.

Sep 25, 20191 hr 47 minSeason 1Ep. 77

An Aquarian Exposition, Pt. 6

In which the boys finally wrap up Woodstock, somehow managing to cover a 3-day festival in only 6 weeks. What can we say? We’re talkers. Day 3 stretches into Day 4 with Edgar Winter, Blood Sweat & Tears, Crosby Stills Nash and Young, Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Sha-Na-Na, and Jimi Hendrix.

Sep 18, 20192 hr 5 minSeason 1Ep. 76

An Aquarian Exposition, Pt. 5

Day 3 at the Woodstock Music and Arts Fair gets off to explosive start with Joe Cocker and never really lets up. We can’t help ourselves so we only deal with half of it in our penultimate Woodstock podcast. But you still get Country Joe & The Fish, Ten Years After and THE motherfucking BAND!!! It’s an experience. Get some!

Sep 11, 20192 hr 5 minSeason 1Ep. 75

An Aquarian Exposition, Pt. 4

The seemingly endless 2nd day of Woodstock finally comes to close with a soul-baring Janis Joplin Set and a powerful close by the Jefferson Airplane book-ended around furious historic and impossible-to-top sets by Sly & The Family Stone and The Who. Along with Santana some 14 hours earlier, Sly & The Family Stone and The Who play the greatest sets at Woodstock in my opinion.

Sep 04, 20192 hr 11 minSeason 1Ep. 74

An Aquarian Exposition Pt 3

Day 2 at Woodstock finally starts to cook until the Dead arrive in all their acid-drenched glory and somehow manage to both break the stage and fry all the electronics at the same time, causing the world’s biggest rock concert to grind to a screeching halt. Zaniness ensues.

Aug 14, 20191 hr 38 minSeason 1Ep. 73

An Aquarian Exposition Pt 2

In which Day 2 at Woodstock begins more in fits and starts than anything else. The acoustic folk music of Day 1 was supposed to give way to the electric rock and roll of Day 2 but instead, the biggest rock concert ever got stuck in, of all things, traffic. Dig.

Aug 07, 20191 hr 27 minSeason 1Ep. 72

An Aquarian Exposition Pt 1

If you ever do something really cool and all your friends come over along with all their friends and a few hundred thousand friends of friends of friends so it’s basically the most people ever in one place and some bands play and everybody gets really fucking high and has a good time (except for a guy who gets run over by a tractor and someone who doesn’t take their insulin) and then fifty years pass without anything like that really ever happening again...we’ll probably decide to do some podcas...

Jul 31, 20191 hr 53 minSeason 1Ep. 71

The Great Glaspy

If Scott Fitzgerald had heard Emotions And Math, his book might’ve had an entirely different heroine. We have...so we do. Margaret Glaspy is simply fucking amazing and we spend a podcast talking about just that.

Jul 17, 20191 hr 44 minSeason 1Ep. 70

Awake In Zion

In which the boys reflect upon the brilliant visionary music of both New Delhi/London-based Prateek Kuhad and Brooklyn’s own Wilder Maker as seen through their performances on the last and first days of April’s Garden Sessions. We listen and discuss.

Jul 10, 20191 hr 44 minSeason 1Ep. 69

The Bear Necessities

In which the boys can’t seem to stop having fun with Garden Sessions so this week we delve into Eric Hutchinson and Bear Cub. You’re gonna dog this. Or dig this.

Jun 26, 201952 minSeason 1Ep. 68
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